Berry Basket

NA7666

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7666
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps, 11 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; selvage pattern; butterfly; lighter at top from dark at bottom

Height 22.3 cm
Width 27 cm
Depth 23 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/63 - Other Number

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